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Navy/USMC

Inchcape To Pay $20 Million For Overbilling Navy

Tuesday, May 29th, 2018

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Inchcape To Pay $20 Million For Overbilling Navy

This article was updated with a statement from Inchcape.Inchcape Shipping Services Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries agreed to pay $20 million to resolve allegations they knowingly overbilled the U.S. Navy in ship husbanding services from 2005 to 2014.A Justice Department lawsuit alleged the marine services contractor knowingly overbilled the Navy for services including providing ships with food, subsistence items, waste removal, telephone services, ship-to-shore transportation, force protection services, and local transportation over nearly a decade.Inchcape provided these services to the…

Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Timothy Sheehy (R-Mont.), two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are renewing their call for “Right to Repair” language in the National […]

HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy draft bill aims to restrict the Navy’s use of unmanned surface vessels (USV) until it decides on key factors […]

Congress

Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC

A draft defense policy bill released this week says the Army is fielding counter-drone capabilities for defense of fixed sites and maneuver forces but suggests that troops at the lowest […]

Army

HASC Wants Closer Look At Army’s SBMC Program, Cites Avoiding Past IVAS Missteps

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants a closer look at the Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) effort, citing support for the development program while expressing caution to avoid […]